Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 75,638 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Belgium is 75,638 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Belgium peaked at 95,114 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 58,723 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Belgium 31st out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 67,679 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 58,723 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2002 | 67,742 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 70,738 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 70,833 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 69,956 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 68,345 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 69,525 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 73,316 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 82,661 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 75,288 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 86,962 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 88,286 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 80,423 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 81,753 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 86,597 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 72,447 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 95,114 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2018 | 82,808 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 88,038 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 84,299 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 82,442 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 89,067 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 84,754 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 75,638 kg/ha | -10.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 75,638 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 75,638 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69,952 kg/ha | 58,723 kg/ha | 82,661 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,771 kg/ha | 72,447 kg/ha | 95,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,240 kg/ha | 75,638 kg/ha | 89,067 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 28 China 77,317 kg/ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 7,078 kg/ha compare
- 29 Spain 77,090 kg/ha compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 kg/ha compare
- 32 Brazil 75,579 kg/ha compare
- 33 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75,210 kg/ha compare
- 34 Burundi 74,580 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Belgium?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Belgium was 75,638 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 95,114 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,723 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Belgium rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Belgium ranks 31st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.